“murdering, torturing and oppressing them since the foundation of Israel in 1948?”— The UN proposed terminating the British Mandate and partitioning the geographical area of Palestine into two independent States, one Arab and the other Jewish, with Jerusalem internationalized (Resolution 181 (II) of 1947). — Arabs chose war to gain everything and they lost. Egypt occupied Gaza and Jordan occupied the West Bank. For 20 years there was not a single Israeli settlement in the West Bank or Gaza, yet Israel was a constant target. So it was never really about settlements as when in history have Jews been forbidden from settling in the West Bank????????